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All teen and kid reviews for Whyville.net
Average rating based on 28 kid and teen reviews:
- 43% say sexual content is an issue
- 39% say language is an issue
- 32% say safety or privacy is an issue
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I used to love the website,until one day I was talked about as a so-called "Newbie",and was once asked a very gross question.I left the website imediently,and have never visited the site again.
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Hmm...
well I go on whyville and im 10 I think its okay for my age but suddenly im noticing there are people telling Each other THEIR PHONE NUMBERS!!! And saying oh here baby text me or call me shmexxi (sexy) so idk...iffy on this review...
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AGE
perfect for ages 12 years of age to the age of 13,14 years old.
I love it. Kids have a safe website that is educational for ages 12 years of age and up.
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NOT FOR ANYONE!
HATE IT! i used to go there and then i entered the room then there was a BANANA WITH A TONGUE AND THEN HE WAS RIGHT BEHIND MY AVATAR! i was like "wat r u doing?" then he said "butt s**" i was like OMG! STUPID PERSON! i also saw a girl and a boy then the girl said "ooooo mmmm baby! i wanna have s** with u all day" and then my jaw dropped for five min. staring at the screen! its super gross. one time i tried to do wat they did but just an expiriment,then after that he said "i wanna lick ur va****" GROSSSSSS! I WUD NEVER VISIT THIS SITE EVER AGAIN! DIZZYWOOD IS BETTER!
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Only for kids 14+
Chatrooms are NOT constantly monitored, Filters don't catch anything, People talk violently, Sexual behavior (People make their avatar "Have sex" by doing a dance in front or behind them), Kids use special spellings to get around filters ("Faak"), Even though they try to keep people from sharing personal information, they do it all the time. It is also somewhat addictive to kids under 15.
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Safety Pre-Cautions Will Make You GO Crazy!
OK, I went onto Whyville to try it out as a guest user. When I got on, I noticed the graphics weren't really all that great. Avatars only show part of a person. The avatars move around in the game by zooming around the screen. All of it is very 2-D. Nothing special at all!
Anyway, this girl came into the room I was in, and it appeared she had a cold. She kept saying "Achoo!", and her avatar looked ill. I took this in, and I tried to say that she didn't look so good, but the chat wouldn't let me! Instead, it suggested I tell her that she looked good! At this point, I was beginning to get ticked off. I hardly ever misuse chat, and all I was trying to do was have a conversation with this person, but Whyville's limitations wouldn't have any of it!
After the incident with the sick person, I went to another room that dealed with oceanography. The NPC at the counter was named Reggie. I tried to say "Hey Reg!", but again the chat wouldn't let me. At this point I was really starting to get mad. My second attempt at speaking in the game had failed. Thanks to the system we can't say anything unless it's in a dictionary of approved words. Nor can we say anything that might be seen as mean. (although it's not to be mean!).
I also tried to say:
"How do you do?"
"I want to try that!"
"What do you like?"
"I like to rollerskate."
"Have you ever flown in an airplane?"
"I have three cats and two dogs."
"I talked to her earlier."
Guess What? None of these were approved! That's just a small percentage of what you can't say in the game. The truth is, if a word, phrase, or sentence isn't approved, you can't say it!
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Kid, 12 years old
January 17, 2010
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G-R-E-A-T tweens
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no
The site tries to keep it safe, but really, its not that good. i have an account and most of the kids on it are pervs and jerks. they put you down if your new and some make their avatars "do IT" with yours. i dont like it. only go on it if your being paid at least 15 bucks
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Hmm....
I used to go whyville but there were some things that made me feel uncomfortable. One was that I felt that you can give it WAY TOO MUCH personal information. Such as your home town. Also , some people are very rude on there. You can block them by using there safety features but the people that you blocked can still see you in chatrooms. This website is also very addictive, one can become easily addicted to the designs, rares and your clams. For me that was what happened and I found myself wasting hours on pointless things. Things such as designing at Akbar's Factory.
This website is great for people who don't care what happens on the net and have LOTS of time on their hands.
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Inappropiate website
I used to log into Whyville and it used to be a cool site, but now it's just nasty. The kids just run around pretending to have sex, talking about sex, cussing, pretending to get drunk, talking about drinking and drugs, typing out lyrics to nasty songs, pretending to rape other random kids, giving out personal information, and more. I've even seen guys on there asking girls nasty questions and the girls would respond with answers.
When I reported kids for nasty behavior the staff always told me they weren't doing anything wrong and that it wasn't bad.
They don't do anything about the nasty behavior anymore. They just basically let everyone run around on there doing whatever they want now.
I stopped logging in because every time I went into a chat-room I would see kids acting and talking disgusting and I always got attacked by guys asking me inappropiate questions and trying to "rape" me.
They say this site is educational and appropiate for young children, but it's really nasty and kids don't need to see the stuff some of these kids do and say.
They say they have chat filters so kids can't talk nasty, but they just word the words in a certain way so it gets past the filters and they don't do a thing about it. I've even seen kids with nasty usernames.
When you first go to their site and see the log in page, make your account, take the chat test and all that it looks like a clean,fun site, but once you go into the chatrooms you learn differently.
This used to be a clean site that was fun and cool, but now it isn't. :(
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Ugh
I used to be a Whyville addict. Now I've long quit it. Someone will ALWAYS be doing something inappropriate (I've even seen people "getting it on") and when I report it, it will either usually say that its not serious enough for a 911 report, or that they can't find it in the chat script, and that's because they actually LOOKED for it practicly a week later! I wouldn't recommend it to anyone.
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Good for 3~6 year olds living in a strict christian family.
Lol? This website is stupid as hell.
No supervision? You will get reported by anyone and everyone
who sees you say ANYTHING that could be considered "offensive" to anyone.
You can't say any curse words including "dam" or you'll be banned. You can't even ask people their facebook or you'll be banned. Hell, don't even risk telling them your name.
The graphics of this site are total crap, and the rules are so strict you might as well not even get a chat license. No point. Fail game.
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AGE
I originally started using whyville in 2007. Of course with my short memory span I forgot about it in a few months. Again in 2008 when one of my friends recommended it to the class, I signed up again because my previous account had expired. I kind of freaked out because I couldn't type my own name before the permission slip was sent in. So pretty much all I did was try to make money. The salary ledger games can be very tricky, which is excellent because it really helped me learn in a fun way. Anywho, in the chat rooms it can get really sexual. I know I've been involved as a joke. But you will be punished for everything that you do. And you will be banned after being taped or fined 10 times. The graphics are great. Many people hate the whole head and shoulders thing, but you can pretty much even have a full torso if you know how to work the pick your nose. Overall it's a great combination between learning and networking. :D
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WHAT?
What the heck? Whyville IS monitored. just because you don't get punished six seconds after you said something doesn't mean it's not monitored?! It's better than clubpenguin and neopets. Because you actually DO STUFF and can type more than just letters and punctuations. I'd say it's 7+.
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Kid, 12 years old
January 29, 2012
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:)
I think that Whyville is an okay place.I would only recommend it for ages 14 and under
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For the more mature preteen / teenager.
Very educational site, it has events every day that involve educational value and it varies from
--Letter Squash ("In Letter Squash, each round we display a topic, and then a string of letters, which is an in-order smash-up of all the letters in 3 words relating to that topic. The first user to say the three words out loud wins the round."),
--Scion Solutions Quiz (Where it teaches about loans, payments, etc.),
--Math Expressions,
And even more. It has quite a lot of science in it, also. The more you explore this site, the more educational values that you find. And they're even put into fun games! Sometimes, some of these games will give out "clams", which is like the currency/money on Whyville.
Though there is a lot of educational value, there are chatrooms, "Y-Mail", and forums in Whyville that are not constantly monitored. There are filters, but some kids make some creative spellings to get around the filters and use inappropriate language. Also, kids can dress up their avatar to look sexual and make sexual gestures in chat. And, along with this, I know many people who have connected on other social networking sites and have shared personal information, despite it being against Whyville's rules.
I'd suggest it's for the more mature child, and I would monitor it often if I were a parent.
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AGE
GIVE IT A GO!
This site is really nice! You can write for the newspaper, which is not only fun and exhilarating to see your articles in, is educational! You can also learn to take care of animals, learn about stars at the SkyScout chatroom, interact with others, dance, create an avatar, and talk to the creators of the site. There are older citizens though who make it a bit uncomfortable for younger citizens, which is horrible. But some citizens are very kind and make it nice for everyone. You will realize most judge new citizens, but the Ymail Helpers normally don't. But on all sites, this happens. The website tries very hard to keep it clean and easy to navigate with it's welcome guides, ymail helpers, and help pages. You will notice you cannot chat at first, but that is to get you to learn the place and the rules better. Within I believe 2 days you'll be chatting soon. So in the mean time, earn some clams. Also Whyville has taken away their previous consumer resource, whypasses and changed it to pearls, another currency. It is very cheap and they don't spread it into your face like some websites do.-You can still dress up, change your 'skin' (background of website), chat on the BBS, chat freely/safely, still can trade, still can write for the newspaper, and so much more. The only difference is you can get a pet, buy animated face parts, get on the grass seating in the Greek Theatre (a room), color your chat bubble, pay for items with the currency, and get Elvis or Raven Symone 'skins'. Finally, talking to the creators is really nice because they get to learn about how designing a website works and suggest things. All in all, it's a super website and I say "GIVE IT GO!"
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